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6.23.2010

Before & After: Kitchen and Family Room

We are finally feeling pretty settled in our new house (although there are still a lot of boxes in the garage!) We are lucky that this house that it was pretty updated, but there are still some things that we did when we moved in (and we still have a bunch of things we want to do, but that will come in time, maybe when I win the lotto......)

Here is the BEFORE of the kitchen:
Left side:Right Side:

Here is the AFTER:
Left Side:

Right Side:

What we did:
1. Painted the walls a darker color. (We painted them Spanish Sand by Kelly Moore)
2. We painted the french doors white (before they were a natural wood color)
3. Added a (move-able) butcher block island
4. We added 2 more cabinets on each side of the window. (I don't know why the previous owner never added those, we really needed the storage!)

Family Room/Kitchen Table Nook BEFORE:

AFTER:

Close Up:

What we did:
1. Painted it Spanish Sand
2. Added a light fixture (before there was no over head light above the table area)

Family Room BEFORE:

Family Room AFTER:
View #1

View #2View #3What we did:
1. Painted the area Spanish Sand (our whole downstairs is now that color, I love it!)
2. Painted the built in TV stand/bookshelf white (it was a natural wood before)
3. We also removed the door from the family room to the laundry room for now because that door was NASTY!

Oh, and to clarify, when I say "We" painted I mean we hired painters to paint. Kevin and I are THE.WORST.PAINTERS ever. This is the first time we have hired painters & it was so nice! I loathe painting! My edging is terrible & I always spill the paint. I don't have the patience for it!

So, there is our Kitchen & Family Room Area.
It was a pretty easy re-do because the kitchen was already updated.(with granite & Viking appliances!!!)Love the 6 burner stove!I am not a big fan of the oven yet, I liked my my good old GE at our old house. Every time I bake/cook something in our oven here, it gets burned or is under cooked. I need to make sure the temperature is calibrated. Something is off and I refuse to blame the cook ;)

The re-do/update was mostly paint & a few cosmetic & functionality things that we improved!
The only thing left that we want to do in the Kitchen & Family Room is to add crown moulding, but that is not going to be anytime soon!

33 comments:

GREAT COLOR!! It looks very homey and welcoming!! Great choices. Love the white instead of natural...natural looks so unfinished to me. I mean, that's exactly what it is, lol, but I like a nice, bright finished look!!

i love that color...great pick. the little upgrades are the best, not to expensive and makes a world of difference. I am not a fan of natural wood tone either. I wanted to recommend a great website for crown moulding... http://www.architecturaldepot.com/

I'm so glad you posted these! You guys did a great job! Good call with adding those two cabinets (I would not have even thought to do that) and the wood-turned-white door and entertainment center look a million times better.

great changes!! Can't believe no one thought of adding the cabinets... even if it were just to "balance" the room out- much improved! Great color too...very close to our house- Sherwin Williams "Shortbread"- it was a Martha color when she was there. Love the neutral warmth :)

buy a $5.00 oven thermometer, seriously, everyone should have one if they bake. I'm sure its not the cook ;)

looks like you guys are settling in nicely. CONGRATS!~ Ada in Coastal Cali(I have peeked in from time to time & love to because we have the same camera :)

Your kitchen and family room are so pretty! I love, love, love the kitchen!! How do you like the gas stove? We're moving and going to be redoing the kitchen and I've been dying for a gas stove...because I love the way they look! I've never cooked on one though. Just curious.

"Worst painters ever"?? I do not believe you, looks great to me! We remodeled a few years ago and added faux ceiling beams and got new cabinets. I wish we had just painted them, we didn't even consider that!! Great looking french doors, well done!